Reggae

The contemporary reggae movement continues to grow, and 2020 birthed some of the current scene's most cutting edge records yet. Here are 15 that we highly recommend, plus some great non-album singles...

There's been so much forward-thinking reggae this year, from Protoje, Koffee, Chronixx, Popcaan, Jah9, Dre Island, Lila Iké, Sevana, and more, and Protoje is helping to expand its global presence with his label and curated playlist...

We Are One will feature Bong Joon Ho, Steven Soderbergh, Francis Ford Coppola, documentaries on Trojan Records, Beastie Boys associate Ricky Powell, and more.

Reggae legend Bob Andy has died at his St. Andrew, Jamaica home, following a brief illness. He was 75.

"This is a chance for me to meet one of the best Bob Marley fans in the world and share the many blessings that my father has given to the world," said Rohan Marley.

Record Store Day will be the Lower East Side reggae/ska/dancehall/etc store's last day.

Bob Marley was the center of attention at the Apollo on Saturday night, but Lauryn Hill stole the show, as this Apollo-written recap of the event explains:This past Saturday, the Apollo Theater celebrated the 35th anniversary of reggae icon Bob Marley's Apollo debut with two big blowout concert…

Sad news from the reggae world: singer John Holt died yesterday (10/19) at age 69. Best known for writing "The Tide is High" while in the band The Paragons which was later made a woldwide hit by Blondie, he's the voice behind a number of reggae classics including "Ali Babba,"…

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Once again, the Red Bull Music Academy put on an amazing one-of-a-kind presentation in New York, this time to a sold out Le Poisson Rouge crowd last Thursday (5/30)...

Dub pioneer, living legend and genuine eccentric, Lee "Scratch" Perry is currently on a US tour that will stop at NYC's Gramercy Theater on Thursday (5/17) with openers Subatomic Sound System...